Smile Design

00:00:08.360 --> 00:00:13.895 A smile makeover, to me, that brings to mind just thinking about doing a lot of 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:16.640 cosmetic dentistry in someone's mouth. 00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:20.575 That could be with dental bonding, more commonly probably thinking about 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:22.920 veneers or crowns in somebody's mouth. 00:00:23.720 --> 00:00:27.615 One requirement to do a smile makeover is just knowing that the patient is going to 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:32.720 be invested for the long term in taking care of the smile makeover work that we 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:36.975 do, because if they're not going to maintain that, then all of 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:38.460 this work could be for nothing. 00:00:38.720 --> 00:00:42.680 We really want to make sure before we start these treatments that the patient is 00:00:42.760 --> 00:00:46.000 committed to maintaining a healthy smile long-term. 00:00:47.120 --> 00:00:52.695 A smile makeover can be done in a matter of weeks, or it can be spaced 00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:54.800 out over several months or even years. 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:00.320 We can tailor a treatment plan to a patient's finances and the 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:01.540 speed that they want to go. 00:01:01.565 --> 00:01:06.655 You pick not only the shape and the shade of the teeth, but we really 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:08.200 design that for them custom. 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:13.775 Many times we do what's called a digital wax-up of the teeth, where we're designing 00:01:13.800 --> 00:01:19.935 the teeth on a computer, and we can actually show the patient what the teeth 00:01:19.960 --> 00:01:21.680 will look like at the end of treatment.